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In eu'for UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GIBSON, JR, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 117,617, dated August1, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN GIBSON, Jr., of the city and county of Albanyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful TiltingImprovements in Tea-Kettles, Stove-Pots, or other Hollow-Ware Vessels;and I do hereby declare that the following is a specification thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of atea-kettle, illustrating the invention in one of its phases, and itsapplication to hollow, ware. Fig. 2 is a vertical view from beneath,illustrating the improvement applied at dotted line N o. 1 in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a sectional view through dotted line No. 2 in Fig. 1,illustrating the application of the invention, when applied to a vesselat its stove-seat. Fig. 4 is a vertical view from beneath, illustratingthe invention applied to the spout of atea-kettle. Fig. 5 is a verticalview of a stove-pot from below, illustrating two modes of application ofthis invention thereto. Fig. 6 illustrates several other modificationsof this invention, applicable to stove-pots, teakettles, or othervessels.

By my invention the tendency of such vessels as described to roll orswing laterally while being poured from, no matter whether seated in astove-hole or not, is entirely obviated, and the tilting required toeffect the pouring from such vessels can be readily performed, even by achild, without any inconvenience or danger whatever. The nature of myinvention consists in furnishing at the edge of the pit of such vessels,a flattened place, as shown, or in furnishing such vessels with one ormore projecting bearings above the line of the pit or stove-seat, whicharrange ment will give a steady bearing for the vessel on the stoveor'other surface supporting the vessel during the operation of tilting.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it in reference to the drawing and the letters ofreference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like or similarparts.

In the drawing, A represents the body of a tea-kettle or other vessel. Bis the bail-handle,

used to lift and decant the same, on the usual rounded edge of thatportion of the vessel which enters into the pothole of a stove or thelike,

and which is usually termed the pit of the vessel. I make a flattenedsurface, a, as in Figs. 1 and 2, of, say, three or four inches width offace, more or less, which flattened surface I denominate a restingface.The said resting-face is so formed or located that its line of extensionwill be in a direction at right angles to the bailhandle B when the sameis upright, as shown in the several figures; or my improvement may beapplied to a vessel above the line of the pit or stove-seat byconstructing aprojecting restingface, a, as in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, or byconstructing equivalent projecting horns or bearings, as shown by a,Fig. 4, and by c and c in Fig. 6. When the said resting-faces areapplied to stove-pots and the like, which vessels are apt to be tiltedin either direction in line with the bailhandle, I would prefer to havetwo such restingfaces, one placed opposite the other, and at rightangles with the bail-handle, though they may be placed otherwise ifdesired. The said restingfaces may be extended vertically, if desired,or may be made to consist, in the same vessel, of a combination of botha and a, as shown in Fig. 1. Itibs, either vertical or horizontal, orhorns, or points, or projecting ledges, as c or c in Fig. 6, could alsobe employed to effect the same condition of the vessel, and serve asequivalents for the said resting-faces a or a.

To operate with this invention the operator grasps the handle B andtilts forward with the same, when the resting-face or faces a, or a, ora, will be brought to bear on the surface of the stove or other supportin such a manner that the said vessel will not swing or roll while beingdecanted.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In tea-kettles, stove-pots, and other hollowware vessels, theresting-face a, or its equivalent, when made on the pit of such kettleor other vessel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In tea-kettles, stove-pots, and other hollowware vessels, theresting-face a, constructed substantially as shown, or equivalentprojecting horns, points, or bearings, substantially as described, forthe purpose set forth.

Witnesses: JOHN GIBSON, JR.

JNO. H. GmsoN, A. L. GIBSON-

